Embrace of the Serpent

Release Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 Limited

Jan Bijvoet, Ciro Guerra, Nilbio Torres, Nicolás Cancino, Yauenkü Migue, Brionne Davis, Antonio Bolivar

N/A Adventure 2 hrs, 5 m

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Plot

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Plot
Centers on Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and the last survivor of his people, and the two scientists who, over the course of 40 years, build a friendship with him. The film was inspired by the real-life journals of two explorers (Theodor Koch-Grünberg and Richard Evan Schultes) who traveled through the Colombian Amazon during the last century in search of the sacred and difficult-to-find psychedelic Yakruna plant.
Cited as official plot version from oscilloscope.net
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The film's director Ciro Guerra last directed Waiting for the Barbarians and The Wind Journeys. The film's writer Ciro Guerra last wrote The Wind Journeys.

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Ciro Guerra
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MPA Rating
N/A Not available
Runtime
2 hrs, 5 m
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Language
English

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  • Filmed in black-and-white.

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Embrace of the Serpent was released in limited movie theaters on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 . As a limited release, Embrace of the Serpent was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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